Mio Sandstone Member

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Mio Sandstone Member Kaseno, 1963

Type locality: Mio, Himi city, Toyama prefecture
Coherent formation
Miocene
Correlation: Kono Sandstone Member, Kareidani Alternation of Sandstone and Mudstone Member

Sedimentary facies: Submarine fan
Lithofacies: Turbidite
Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and siltstone, Sandstone
Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification, Slump structure

Thickness: ca. 50 - 230 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Upper Shingu Sandstone and Conglomerate Member), Interfingered (Nakanami Mudstone Member, Takabatake Conglomerate Member)

Yatsuo Group (Himi, Toyama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Mio Sandstone Member
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Nakanami Mudstone Member
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Upper Shingu Sandstone and Conglomerate Member
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[ Lower ]

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Mio - Shoshihara, Himi city, Toyama pref.; Shingu, Hodatsushimizu city, Hakui county, Ishikawa pref.
Fossils: Balanus sp., Pecten sp.

Sumi et al. (1989) Geology of the Isurugi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
Imai et al. (1966) Geology of the Ochigata and Abugashima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 67p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)